Birklid v. Boeing, 127 Wn.2d 853, 904 P.2d 278 (1995)

Oct 26, 1995

OUTCOME: Plaintiffs prevail in State Supreme Court (1995); Settled (1998)

Decade long litigation resulting in 9-0 Washington Supreme Court decision for fourteen injured workers; changed Washington law allowing workers to recover from employer for deliberate injury where empl ... oyer had actual knowledge of certain injury and willfully disregarded that knowledge